Trees & Plants

Tanner’s Cassia

Ranauraa

Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb.

Fairly common in open areas The plant has good ornamental value. The root is used against fever, diabetes, constipation and diseases of the urinary system. The dried flowers and flower buds × 1 are reported to have antidiabetic properties. The powdered seed is useful in chronic p

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uses: The plant has good ornamental value. The root is used against fever, diabetes, constipation and diseases of the urinary system. The dried flowers and flower buds × 1 are reported to have antidiabetic properties. The powdered seed is useful in chronic purulent conjunctivitis.
family: Fabaceae
synonym: Cassia auriculata L.
description: Shrubs, branchlets pubescent. × Leaves paripinnate, leaflets 8-15, to 2 1 cm, oblong-obovate or elliptic, shortly Th acuminate, pubescent, gland opposite the leaflets, stipitate; petiole 1-1.5 cm, stipules 1 cm, lunate, auricled. Corymbs axillary and terminal; peduncle, ca. 2 cm, pubescent; × flowers yellow. Larger sepals 1.5 1 cm, broadly ovate, obtuse, outer smaller. Petals × 3-3.5 2 cm, ovate, orbicular, clawed. Stamens 7 fertile and 3 staminodes. Pod flat, pubescent, mucronate.
native range: Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar
distribution: Cultivated wildey in the tropics
english names: Tanner’s Cassia
flowering fruiting: Th roughout the year
occurrence maldives: Fairly common in open areas